High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Elliott (Bob) Thompson (June 28, 1921-November 19, 2003) was a top political writer and Washington journalist known for his sharp analysis and crisp writing of political affairs. Over the course of a long career he rose through the ranks to become, among other things, a White House correspondent, publisher of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and national editor and Washington D.C. bureau chief for Hearst Newspapers.